379th Bomb Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for operations across the period beginning 28 May 1943 to 31 July 1944. The second was awarded to the 1st Bomb Division as a whole for flying without fighter protection to bomb aircraft factories at Oschersleben on 11 January 1944.
The 379th was comprised of four (4) Bombardment Squadrons (All B-17's)
1) 524th - Squadron Marking: WA
2) 525th - Squadron Marking: FR
3) 526th - Squadron Marking: LF
4) 527th - Squadron Marking: FO
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Kimbolton | 20 May 1943 - 12 June 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 42nd Station Complement Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Projectionist
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 42nd Station Complement Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Chemical co
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 42nd Station Complement Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Motor Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 18th Weather Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damndifino !
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Moose
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battlin bobbie
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Godiva
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 28 February 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)